The President of the National Congress visited a number of cities in remote areas in Libya including oil fields at Ras Lanuf, Braiga, Al-Wahat and Aagaila and he was accompanied by the a number of ministers including the deputy minister of oil and the chairman top officials of the National Oil Corporation.

Asked whether allegations that foreign workers may think of leaving oil and gas fields in Libya after what happened in Algeria, a senior Libyan oil official, who declined to be named, told The Tripoli Post he would not expect that to happen but "even if the few foreign oil workers decided to leave the country, Libyan oil production levels will not be affected."

"When we started reproducing oil and steadily raised production to pre uprising levels there were no foreign workers at the time. All was done by Libyan expertise and hardworking men who succeeded at the time and will succeed again," he added.

"Libyan oil engineers out there at the fields across the Libyan desert never complained about lack of security or any threats because Libyan youth are providing such service across country," the officials said.

The obvious confidence on the part of Libyan oil and security officials is in total contrast to a Western security adviser working in Libya who was quoted by Reuters on Friday as saying he was not sure the security in Libyan oil and gas installation would be "immediately boosted" "since the oil protection force was at an "embryonic stage".

Libya and Algeria are Africa's third and fourth largest oil producers with Libya also the largest oil reserves holder on the continent.